Top nuclear weapons, radar and missile experts vanish from Chinese Academy of Engineering site

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Profiles of top Chinese nuclear weapons, radar, and missile scientists have been removed from the Chinese Academy of Engineering's website, including that of 72-year-old Zhao Xiangeng. The unexplained deletions of multiple high-profile academics suggest possible purges or investigations within China's defense research establishment. The development raises questions about internal political dynamics within China's military-scientific community.

The profile of one of China’s top nuclear weapons scientists has been scrubbed from the website of the nation’s engineering brains trust. Zhao Xiangeng, 72, was a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), the nation’s highest academic body for engineering science and technology, but his profile page has disappeared from the CAE’s site. It is not known when the page was removed, but Chinese media reports noted the change on Saturday. Similar online references to other CAE academicians,...